St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
WITH A COPPER.
Harmony at the Knights of Labor
ASSembly---An Investigation.


Harmony did not evidently prevail in
large chunks at yesterdays session of
the Knights of Labor assembly. Both
morning and afternoon sessions were
executive" and the press committee
supplied nothing for publication.
The fight to remove Bailey and Barry
from the executive board is believed
to have furnished material for large
sized row. There have been disagree
mentS among the members of the gen.
eral executive board, and the discussion
which came up over the report of the
committee on strikes and bOycOttS COM
mending Powderly'S altitude in regard
to the Chicago stock yards strike in
tenSitied the feeling, especially as to
Barry. The Chicago delegates offered
substitute censuring Powderly, and the
whom they said had endeavOred to aid
them. Barry was called on to state his
position as to the strike, and said he be-
lieved the men were right and should
have been sustained by the executive
board. Powderly made a dead set at
Barry and said that as the board had
been largely influenced by his advice
that he should be held responsible.
Powderly was sustained by vote of 116
to 40, and this was virtually test of the
relative strength of the two fac
tons in the assembly. There are
other questions upon which the other
members have been pitted against
Barry and Bailey, notably upon the
resolution protesting against the exc
cutiOn of the anarchists. Now it is
charged that there was a preconcerted
action on the part of the other members
to remove Barry and Bailey, and the
scheme was sprung Friday afternoon in
the way of resolution from the COM
mittee on law, to reduce the executive
board to five members and limit their
terms to one year. Friends of Bailey
and Barry were not slow to charge that
this was simply Subterfuge to elimi-
nate them from the board. Delegate
Lewis, of Ohio, asked that if there were
any charges against these men that
they should be investigated and not
''tred' without an opportunity
of defending himself. Delegate Dewey,
of Detroit, was called upon to explain
certain insinuations he had made con-
corning the conduct of Barry and Bailey
on the board, but claimed he had only
said the usefulness of the board would
be increased if its membership should
be reduced. Bailey came forward at
this and gave the lie direct. Adjourn
ment was taken. This was the stu
alton up to yesterday morning when
the assembly adjourned. 1t had
been whispered in the mean
time that Powderly had given it out
flat that if Barry and Bailey should go
out he would resign, and, in fact, had
prepared his resignation. This, how
ever, he emphatically denied, and
charged was a newspaper concOctiOn
r1rra ond cinn1a Roth 1nnrpinCr an6 of
ternoon sessions, yesterday, were taken
up with the investigation of the charges
against Barry and Bailey, which it is
understood, were finally formulated,
although their exact nature could not
be learned, and counter charges against
the other members of the board. pre-
ferred by Bailey aud Barry. 1t is I'M
derStood that the investigation was not
concluded, and is to be reviewed ON
Monday. 1t looks now as though the de-
mand of the assembly would be pro-
longed another week, said prominent
delegate last night.
The Bailey-Barry crowd forced this fight,
and are trying to pose as martyrs. There's
only one way for it to come out Powderly
will treat them as usual. l have heard their
talk for year past and knew what was up,
but Powderly is too much for them. He
keeps every scrap of correspondence, and
has it indexed, so he can turn to it in an in
slant. Then he is man who never has any
condolences; besides, he has carried himself
perfectly straight. They have been trying TO
down him ever since the order amounted to
anything, but he has always had the best of
them. l should say he wouldn't resign. He
would not be forced into such position,
even if he was willing to step down and out.
At the meeting of the "Crank's'' So
ciety at the Elk's hall last evening DR..
Juliet Severance, of Milwaukee, pre-
sided and addresses were made nv
George Schilling, of Chicago: Robert
Schilling, of Milwaukee; Prof. Folwell,
of the state university; Prof. Mowry,
Delegates Budlany, Bloomer, Bowen
and others upon remedies for
the evils of the day as
affecting the industrial interests. The
discussion dwelt largely upon co-opera-
ton and legislative remedies. The
feeling was almost unanimous in favor
of the fOrma ton of labor party.
BY invitation of the w. c. T. o., Miss
LenOra M. BURY will deliver an adj
dress to working girls at Harmonic hall
Monday evening.